311 and Slightly Stoopid

The best live bands have honed their chemistry through hours spent rehearsing in the studio, improvising onstage, and playing games of MASH on the tour bus. Get out of the shack and pile all eight kids into the Ferrari for this GrouponLive deal to see 311 and Slightly Stoopid at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View on Friday, August 31, at 6:30 p.m. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Because the ticket is a G-Pass, Groupon customers can use it to enter the venue directly; they will not need to redeem their Groupon at will call. Choose between two sections:

For $15, you get one G-Pass for the lawn section (up to a $26 value, including all fees).

For $25, you get one G-Pass for reserved seating in sections 201-203, rows A-M, or section 200 or 204, rows A-F, (up to a $53.35 value, including all fees).

This summer on the Unity Tour 2012, 311 and Slightly Stoopid roll through the continent with their signature trippy reggae beats and distorted guitar thrashing. The five-piece band of 311 broke out of Omaha in the mid-'90s with its blend of sing-along choruses and raspy lyrics, propelled into the microphone by dueling vocalists S.A. Martinez and Nick Hexum. Their triple-platinum, self-titled album scored the first and second spots on the Billboard charts with the guitar-soaked rap of “Down” and the funky bass of “All Mixed Up.”

Slightly Stoopid throws similar rock-laced beats throughout a discography that stretches back to a self-titled release in 1996. During their live sets, guitar and conga players wander fearlessly along deep grooves into rambling jams, stretching the track in surprising directions, like a walrus trying to shimmy into sweatpants. Reggae-roots rockers Soja start the show with upbeat energy and politically tinged anthems.